Port Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

L.N. 231 of 2010

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

PORTS AND SHIPPING ACT

(CAP. 352)

Port Rates (Amendment) Regulations, 2010

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 43(3) of the

Authority for Transport in Malta Act and article 27 of the Ports

and Shipping Act, the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and

Communications, in consultation with the Authority for Transport

in Malta and in concurrence with the Minister of Finance, the

Economy and Investment, has made the following regulations

(1) The title of these regulations is the Port Rates

(Amendment) Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and

construed as one with the Port Rates Regulations, 1969, hereinafter

referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2)

These regulations shall come into force on the 1st

May, 2010.

For Part VI of the Fifth Schedule to the principal Amends the Fifth

regulations there shall be substituted the following

“PART VI

OTHER SERVICES

There shall be payable to the Authority the following

rates

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any

other law or any other regulations, for any written

permit issued by the Authority by virtue of a legislative,

regulatory or administrative provision for the carrying

out of any type of work, for the provision of any type

of service or for the organisation of any type of activity

in the ports and internal and territorial waters of Malta

there shall be paid a fee of €50.

(2) When any type of work is carried out or

service is provided by the Authority at the request of

any person, such person shall pay the Authority an

administrative fee together with all the charges and

expenses incurred by the Authority in carrying out such

work or providing such service.

(3) If any person, whether by default or by

negligence, fails to carry out any work or provide any

service in accordance with the Authority’s directives or

directions and fails to commence or continue such work

or service upon being ordered to do so by the Authority

in writing, the Authority may, without prejudice to

any other remedy it may have, carry out such work or

provide such service at the risk and expense of the

person concerned. In this case, such person will be

liable to pay the Authority an administrative fee together

with all the charges and expenses incurred by the

Authority in carrying out such work or providing such

service.

(4) In respect of any cancellation or amendment

of orders, a rate of €10 shall be levied on each occasion

a documentary order, other than an order for port

workers, cancelling or amending a previous order, in

accordance with the provisions of regulation 86 of the

Ports Regulations, is made.”.

€0.19